GretnaLife’s Sunday Gatherings

Big Idea of the Series: This series weaves together Matthew’s and Luke’s accounts of Christ’s birth to tell the story of Christmas over four weeks.
Text: Luke 1:5–25, 39–45
Topics: John the Baptist’s Birth, Angels, Jesus’s Birth
Big Idea of the Message: God uses the HOPE & faithfulness of Zechariah and Elizabeth to prepare the way for the arrival of John the Baptist and the eventual arrival of Jesus Christ.
Application Point: God is committed to the faithful, but sometimes we must trust the Lord and wait patiently for his provision; then he can bless others through us.

Big Idea of the Series: This series aims to both focus our hearts on how we approach worship, and broaden our view of what worship can (and maybe should) look like.
Week 4
Text: Psalm 63:3-4, 65:7, 117, 145:4; Matthew 5:14-16
Topics: Shabach, Holy Roar, Celebrate
Big Idea of the Message: The final word of our study - shabach - embodies the concept of a Holy Roar.  To celebrate, and boast of our God not just on Sunday, but so that all the world might know how great He is!

Big Idea of the Series: This series aims to both focus our hearts on how we approach worship, and broaden our view of what worship can (and maybe should) look like.
Week 3
Text: Psalm 63:7, 148:1-5
Topics: yadah, halal, celebrate worship
Big Idea of the Message: The fact that a perfect God calls us His children is cause for celebration, especially in our worship of Him.

Big Idea of the Series: This series aims to both focus our hearts on how we approach worship, and broaden our view of what worship can (and maybe should) look like.
Week 2
Text: Psalm 100:1-5
Topics: zamar, tehillah, spontaneous praise
Big Idea of the Message: This week, Tina walks us through what it looks like to worship God spontaneously.

Big Idea of the Series: This series aims to both focus our hearts on how we approach worship, and broaden our view of what worship can (and maybe should) look like.
Week 1
Text: Psalm 100:1-5
Topics: obedience, celebration, reverence, joy, worship
Big Idea of the Message: When we worship the Lord, we are approaching and worshipping the King of Kings & the Lord of Lords. One we obey, the other we trust to carry us into eternity. The Lord is deserving of both.

This week, Lydia McCullough shares her story of challenge, change, and faith. We hope it will encourage and inspire you in your walk with Jesus!

As we read the Book of Acts, we are painted a picture of the Church that is dynamic, powerful, and world-changing. Join us as we discuss one such example in Acts 4, and ask ourselves if we are brave enough to be UGLY.
Text: Acts 4:31-37

We believe that the Lord loves the people of the world so much that he gave his Son’s life to save it.  It is the reason we who follow him are saved. Pray that we would be a body that sees people as the Lord sees them. Pray that we would look for and find the image of God in every person we encounter. Pray that our hearts will feel God’s pain in seeing someone - anyone - lost & separated from Him. Pray that we would have the love to speak life through the Gospel - because God first did it for us.